1
Directed byPater Sparrow
Written byJudit Góczán & Pater Sparrow
Based onOne Human Minute
by Stanislaw Lem
Produced byAttila Csáky
Zoltán Kamondi
StarringZoltán Mucsi
László Sinkó
Pál Mácsai
Vica Kerekes
Balázs Czukor
Zoltán Balázs
Máté Haumann
Krzysztof Rogacewicz
CinematographyMáté Tóth Widamon
Edited byWanda Kiss
Music byDávid Szesztay
Release dates
  • February 1, 2009 (2009-02-01) (Hungarian Film Festival)
  • November 5, 2009 (2009-11-05) (Hungary)
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

1 is the first feature film of Hungarian director/production designer Pater Sparrow. It was inspired by One Human Minute by Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem, a work of pseudepigrapha.

Plot

A bookshop renowned for its rare works is mysteriously filled with copies of a book entitled 1, which doesn't appear to have a publisher or author. The strange almanac is filled with tables and statistics that describe everything that happens in the world in the course of one minute. A police investigation begins and the bookshop staff, along with a mysterious visitor from Vatican City who arrived just as the book did, are placed in solitary confinement by the Bureau for Paranormal Research (RDI - Reality Defense Institute). As the investigation progresses, the situation becomes more complex and the book increasingly well known, raising numerous controversies. Slowly, the lead investigator, Phil Pitch, begins to lose his grip on reality.

Festivals & awards

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External links

Works by Stanisław Lem
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